How to hide .app extensions?

[vexorg]

I've found I need to switch on file extensions as it is difficult to see pdf files when docs, excel sheets, jpgs, etc are "printed" as pdf for sending to people. Which is fine as it avoids errors.

Annoying the app folder now has .app after every app. Ideally I'd only like extensions shown in 'documents' or 'downloads'.

 

[miles01110]

IIRC you can right-click, Get Info on applications and check/uncheck "Hide Extension."

 

[Mal]

IIRC you can right-click, Get Info on applications and check/uncheck "Hide Extension."

This only works if you haven't chosen the option to "Show all file extensions" in the Finder preferences, which I'm assuming is what the OP has enabled.

OP, AFAIK you cannot set that preference on a per-folder or file-type basis. You either show all extensions, or you choose per-file (using the method miles01110 described). You can decide whether you'd prefer the annoyance of seeing the .app extensions or have to choose other files and set the visibility of the extension on each one.

jW

 

[vexorg]

ok, thank's I'll live with the .app extension

 

[Slinkwyde]

Why do you convert JPEGs into PDFs for sending to people? JPEG is already a very compatible format that can be opened by many different programs regardless of OS. You might also be losing image quality by doing that.